Obama’s Favorite Books of 2020
In a December 17th tweet, former president Barack Obama announced his list of favorite books of the year, He notes, “As 2020 comes to a close, I wanted to share my annual lists of favorites. I’ll start by sharing my favorite books this year, deliberately omitting what I think is a pretty good book – A Promised Land – by a certain 44th president. I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did.”
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Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar
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Jack by Marilynne Robinson
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
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The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
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Luster: A Novel by Raven Leilani
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How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang
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Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
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Long Bright River by Liz Moore
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Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum
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Deacon King Kong by James McBride
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The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
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The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
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Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
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The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
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Missionaries by Phil Klay
And a title not included on the “official” list …
A Promised Land by Barack Obama